The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-05-19
Farm and Ranch.

Abilene, Colorado City and San An
gelo claim that they will handle 100000
to 100000 pounds, respectively, of the
spring wool clip.
The Cotton World gives list of one
hundred and fifty cotton-seed oil mills in
operation throughout the country, of
which twenty-five are located in Texas.
Considerable stock is being shipped to
the Houston, Galveston and New Orleans
markets from Gonzales, all of which is
fattened principally on cotton seed and
coarse fodder.
Cattle grower and Flockmaster: Re-
frigerators, packing houses, horn and
glue factories and ice manufactures in
the southwest are the weapons with which
to break the backbone of the dressed meat
ring of Chicago.
A correspondent in the Country Gentle
man says that the relative value,
of cottonseed as feed is from
| 81 to rs per cent. greater
than corn-meal, and yet it has long been
the practice in the south to throw it away
and import corn from the north to
fatten stock on.
The STATESMAN is in receipt of the
Grower and Flockmaster. 1t is a neat
four column quarto,aud evidences care and
a clear knowledge of newspaper work in
its makeup. This was to be expected,
however, when it was found that "Doc''
W. VI. Yandell is one of the artists in con-
troll of its columns.
Mr.. F. M. Houts, of Hereford ranch,
Wise county, has six half-breed Hereford
steer calves, weighing respectively: One
7 months and 81 days old, 10 lbs. One
months and 81 days old, $40 lbs. One
months and 10 days old, $50 lbs. One
6 months and 25 days old, $40 lbs. Two
8 months, twins, 1910 lbs. Who can beat
this and where does he live?
Texas Live Stock journal: One of the
greatest needs of Texas is a live horticul-
tural society. There is no branch of Gull
tivation that we are so backward in as
that of fruit aising, and many sections of
the state are especially adapted to it, and
all have some adaptations. Particularly
is this so of the southwestern portion of
Texas.
Cotton World: A new vegetable oil is
made from the once despised cocklebur.
Truly this is an age of progress, for it
has not been many years past since what
shall we do with our cottonseed" was a
perplexing question with cotton planters.
Now the cocklebur, figuring heretofore in
the tall and name of rowing equines and
the fleece of the frisky lamb is to have
commercial value.
UValde News: Mr.. j. N. Abrams left
on the trail last week with 5000 fine
shearing mutton goats and about twenty
horses, bound for Nebraska, his family ac-
companying him. He says it costs him no
more to drive than it does to hold his
flocks, and is eqally safe and convenient.
The goatsg grow and fatten and furnish their
own transportation to market, leaving
Gould and his gouging cohorts out in the
cold. The pets will almost pay for the
goats, and he expects to run them through
the refrigerator and sell the meat to con-
sumers at good prices. Mr.. Abrams drove
mutton sheep in the same way several
years ago with grand success. We wish
him the same good luck on this trip and
many successful trips.
The following, from the Texas Live
Stock journal, is sensible and to the
point:
Ihe d-outh has demonstrated one thing
IN Southwest Texas beyond cavil, and
that is that the capacity is not so
much tested by the amount of grass grow
ing as by the amount and proper distri.
button of stock water. In nearly all the
pastures of this section of country there
grow many plants and bushes, as we'll as
prlckly pear, on which stock does very
we'll, but there is no substitute for water.
This is IS much necessary of life as is
food, and should be as accessible. Many
pastures have running streams or living
springs, but in time of drouth, when the
water holes and small streams dry up, the
stock has to go SO far to water and back
to grass, continually tramping out more
OF 1t and increasing the distance, that the
water becomes useless for practical stock
purposes. To get the full benefit of a
pasture even on brush and prickly pear,
good permanent water should be found at
least every five miles, so as to enable stock
TO get drink inside of two and one
nall miles. Experience has proven that
TINS water should be furnished in troughs
10 guard against begging and insure pur-
lty. While sinking wells and erecting
wlndmllls is heavy tax, it is found to bs
indispensable in getting at the full ca
paclty of pasture lands.